Tonight On Dark Thirty Radio How To Tell The World We Have Made Contact Scientists are now in the works of developing a method to ensure that when the world is told that extra terrestrial intelligence is confirmed, there is not a world-wide panic. New research published in the journal Acta Astronautica, outlines that while the detection of a signal from an extraterrestrial intelligence would be life changing for everyone on Earth and could potentially be dangerous, especially if badly handled. Source: CosmosMagazine Researchers Seek Evidence Of Meteor Crash Planetary science field researcher Robert Ward, is asking for the...

Serious and potential terrifying allegations have been brought up against NASA, claiming their data released on asteroids is “basically all wrong.” Nathan Myhrvold, a former Microsoft chief technologist, has just published a paper in Science magazine, stating that “NASA’s statistics on the size of these asteroids is riddled with errors, none of their results can be replicated. I found one irregularity after another.” Although the chances are only around one in 10,000 of these errors causing any devastating catastrophe like an asteroid impact, Myhrvold says they made mistakes, such as ignoring the margin of error introduced when extrapolating from a...

Two separate groups of scientists are now underway is designing a method in which to send coded radio messages into space in hopes of deliberately attracting the attention of intelligent life. The first group, led by Douglas Vakoch, President of the San Francisco-based non-profit Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence International, plan to draw upon international experts to make a message that will be both information-rich and provocative enough to illicit a response. “It’s too late to conceal ourselves in the universe, so we should decide how we want to represent ourselves,” said Vakoch. “We hope to radio transmit by the end of...

Downing Of EgyptAir 804 Caused By Outer Space Interference? Two reports from Europe have come in with theories involving outer space interference for the downing of EgyptAir Flight 804. The first report comes from Turkey, where two airline pilots have claim they saw an object with green lights pass by their passenger jet, an hour before and 500 miles from where 804 went down. A second report coming from the Russian Ministry of Defense claims EgyptAir Flight 804 crashed due to the aircraft being struck by debris from a large meteorite. The Kanopus satellite observed the meteorite slamming into the...

New claims are coming in from across Europe, stating strange phenomenon was seen before the crash of the ill-fated EgyptAir The first report comes from Turkey, where two airline pilots have claim they saw a UFO flying over their plane just an hour before MS804 crashed. The pilots reported to local media that they saw an object with green lights pass by their passenger jet as they approached Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport from Bodrum at around 11.30pm on Thursday. As the Turkish aircraft traveled at an altitude of 17,000 feet, the pilots say they told air traffic controllers: “An unidentified...

Exciting new research published in the journal Astrobiology concludes that the odds of us having been alone in the universe is very, very small. Study co-authors Adam Frank and Woodruff Sullivan used NASA’s recent planetary discoveries to calculate the odds of whether sophisticated civilizations existed on these potentially habitable exoplanets in the past or present. Franks believes that the possibility of the potential number of planets orbiting their parent stars within a habitable distance is staggering. Frank explains by saying “Even if you are pretty pessimistic and think that you’d have to search through a hundred billion habitable zone...

In a paper soon to be published in Reviews in Human Space Exploration, Physicist Philip Lubin from the University of California, believes by using directed energy lasers we could send a detectable beam outwards to let others know we are here. Lubin suggests that by using photonics technology we could revolutionize the way we search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. Lubin theorizes if advanced life forms are out there and want to be found, that they could be using the same kind of ‘directed energy’ systems to be broadcasting their presence to us and says the type of laser propulsion system...

Residents in a Mexican city awoke in terror as reports of a bright light in the sky followed by a thunderous noise lead to fears of the local volcano erupting. However, many witnesses suggest it was most likely a meteor, which caused windows to shake and a loud explosion like sound to be reported. One witness reported “There was a light that shone for a couple of seconds like it was daytime and then there was tremendous thunder.” while another stated “We thought it was an earthquake, but it wasn’t. We were truly terrified.” Officials said Popocatepetl volcano had not...

80-year-old American filmmaker, William Friedkin, famed director of The Exorcist, claims he was invited to the Vatican to film a real life exorcism and he says he will “never be the same.” Friedkin says he was invited earlier this month by the chief exorcist in Rome to record an actual exorcism which, he says “few people have ever seen and which nobody has ever photographed.” Though he claims he believes whole heartedly in the case of the 14 year boy in which his horror classic was based on, he says he was taken aback at how close the ceremony was...

CBS has revealed the trailer for their new “Star Trek” series premiering next January. New characters will be introduced “seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966,” CBS said in a statement. “Star Trek” celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and is one of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time. It was the brain child of Gene Roddenberry and debuted on September 8th, 1966. “Everyone here has great respect for this storied franchise, and we’re excited to launch its next...

Scientists at Australian National University’s Planetary Institute have uncovered evidence of a gigantic asteroid that crashed into Earth billions of years ago. Earth and paleoclimate scientist Andrew Glikson said “The impact would have triggered earthquakes orders of magnitude greater than terrestrial earthquakes and it would have caused huge tsunamis and would have made cliffs crumble.” Scientists conclude that the impact could have been even more devastating than the collision that’s thought to have contributed to the decline of the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago. The researchers think that this asteroid would have measured between 20 to 30 kilometres...

Italian mini yacht-maker Jet Capsule has designed a revolutionary new two story house, that allows you to live off-grid on the ocean in an Unidentified Floating Object. According to designers Pierpaolo Lazzarini and Luca Solla, the UFO will have a battery-powered motor gets its energy from 40 square meters of solar panels and travel at a maximum speed of 6.5 km/h or 3.5 knots by using this water-jet propelled electric motor. Wind and water turbines could also be added that would create enough power for you to operate the rest of the house. The water would be provided by solar-powered desalination,...

In the event of a zombie apocalypse, it’s imperative that you have a plan. If you’re influenced by the movies, then you might be inclined to take your chances and head for the nearest pub or shopping mall in order to outwit a growing horde of bloodthirsty zombies. Your average shopping mall is equipped with all […]

Nobody has ever put a lander on the far side of the Moon before, but China is well on its way to being the first. Over the weekend, the country launched a craft called Queqiao – a satellite that will orbit the Moon to relay messages from the yet-to-be-launched lander, Chang’e-4. The Moon is tidally […]

It only lasted for a savage, fleeting instant, but for 8 intense seconds last week an eagle, a fox, and a rabbit flew across the sky as one. In an incredibly rare scene, photographers have captured the moment a bald eagle swooped down upon a young red fox clutching a rabbit, and in its whirlwind […]

There is something special and awe-inspiring about watching new land form. This is what is now happening in Hawai’i as its Kīlauea volcano erupts. Lava is reaching the ocean and building land while producing spectacular plumes of steam. These eruptions are hugely important for the creation of new land. But they are also dangerous. Where […]

Calling all citizen scientists! A project looking for those dying, exploding stars called supernovae out in deep space is also searching for volunteers to help in the work, and you can get real science credit for it along the way – even if you’ve never done a second of star-gazing before. Astronomers from the Australian National […]

When Jean-Lou Justine received the first photograph of a giant worm with a head like a shovel, the biologist was astounded. Hammerhead flatworms, which grow to a foot or more in length, do not belong in European vegetable gardens. “We do not have that in France,” said Justine, a professor at the National Museum of […]

Astronauts go through many physiological changes during their time in spaceflight, including lower muscle mass and slower muscle development. Similar symptoms can occur in the muscles of people on Earth’s surface, too. In fact, it could affect everyone to some extent later in life. “Age-related skeletal muscle disorders, such as sarcopenia, are becoming a greater […]

Exposure to early life trauma can lead to poor physical and mental health in some individuals, which can be passed on to their children. Studies in mice show that at least some of the effects of stress can be transmitted to offspring via environmentally-induced changes in sperm miRNA levels. A new epigenetics study raises the […]

Most renderings and reconstructions of pterodactyls and other extinct flying reptiles show a flight pose much like that of bats, which fly with their hind limbs splayed wide apart. But a new method for inferring how ancient animals might have moved their joints suggests that pterosaurs probably couldn’t strike that pose. “Most of the work […]

Corals growing in high-latitude reefs in Western Australia can regulate their internal chemistry to promote growth under cooler temperatures, according to new research at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at The University of Western Australia. The study, published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggests that ocean warming may […]